Paella: Spain’s National Dish:
Thinking about cooking Paella? It’s a relatively easy, but time consuming dish to prepare. The most important things to successful Paella are having good ingredients and having a good pan. Always use round grain rice such as Bomba rice. The round grains are dense and need three parts liquid to the one part rice. If using seafood, get the freshest you can find. And finally, have a good, flat-bottomed pan that is oven proof. Many Paella recipes call for finishing the Paella in the oven. |
 | | At Comida España, we have a Paella kit that is the foundation of a good Paella. The kit includes an 11 inch, black carbon steel Paella Pan, Bomba Rice, Saffron, Paprika, Extra Virgin Olive Oil and a Paella Seasoning pack. For April, we are offering 10% off of our Paella Kits. (With Paella pan: $67.50 or without pan: $45.00) Go to www.comidaespana.com to order or to look at the individual products. We also have a great basic Paella recipe on our website under recipes. |
Planning a trip to Spain?
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If you are thinking about going to Spain and want to tour the country but don’t know where to start, here are a few websites that offer guided tours:
www.vacationstogo.com. Click on tours. This website gives you an assortment of tour companies at various price ranges and lengths of tours.
www.oat.com: This site has various tours throughout Europe, including Spain. | www.travelzoo.com: This site gives weekly updates on travel deals.
We always check with Trip Advisor (www.tripadvisor.com) before booking the hotels just to see what others are saying about the hotel. Most tours give a few different hotel options.
Are you more of an independent traveler? Look into getting a good old fashion Eurorail train pass that includes the Spanish railway system. (Renfe) You can purchase the Eurorail pass from here in the U.S. with various days of travel. Go to www.eurail.com. Travel where ever and when ever you want within your scheduled pass! Spain’s train system is just like other European systems, very punctual and efficient.
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New products at Comida España!
| We have added a few new products on our website to better meet your Spanish food desires! We now carry a few choices of Spanish Chorizo and Jamon Serrano. We also have three more olive oils from the southern region of Spain. They are Surat in a 500ml tin, iO in 500ml bottle, and Masia El Altet in 500 ml bottle. All three have multiple layers of flavors. Look. Salivate. Order!
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A Very Dangerous Combination:
For pure decadence: try dipping the Manchego cheese into olive oil! We used our 1 year cured Manchego cheese and our more complex tasting oils from the southwestern regions of Spain. There was an explosion of flavors! Beware, this could be very addictive and maybe one of the best things that you have ever tasted. |  | | | |
